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"I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there."

"I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there."

Jay Roach, American Director

Love, Film, Saying, Will

29

"Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on."

"Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Money, Country, Fact, Want

29

"For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful."

"For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful."

Michael Apted, British Director

Change, Technology, Film

29

"I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them."

"I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them."

Allan Carr, British Director

29

"Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious."

"Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

Being, Freedom, Obvious

29

"The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we were kind of purists at the time, and we didn't want any comedians."

"The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we were kind of purists at the time, and we didn't want any comedians."

David Zucker, American Director

Time, Comedians, Nothing, Want

29

"Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture."

"Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture."

Robert Evans, American Director

29

"The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff."

"The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Fear, Communication, Study

29

"Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun."

"Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun."

John Hughes, American Director

Work, Advertising, Day, Fun

29

"So we got there at 6 a.m. We'd be shooting by 6:45. We wouldn't break for lunch, we'd just pass food around all day. And we would just rock and roll 'til 4, then Matty Libatique, our great cinematographer, would say, "Outta light, guys" - and that was it."

"So we got there at 6 a.m. We'd be shooting by 6:45. We wouldn't break for lunch, we'd just pass food around all day. And we would just rock and roll 'til 4, then Matty Libatique, our great cinematographer, would say, "Outta light, guys" - and that was it."

Joel Schumacher, American Director

Food, Day, Light

29

"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

Acting, Preparation

29

"Every ten years there is a new generation of actors."

"Every ten years there is a new generation of actors."

Barbet Schroeder, French Director

Actor, Actors, Years

29

"Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists."

"Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists."

Roland Joffe, English Director

Science, Scientists, Thinking

29

"I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief."

"I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief."

Vittorio De Sica, Italian Director

Life, Money, Italiian

29

"Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth."

"Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth."

Mike Nichols, German Director

29

"There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen."

"There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Church, Absurdity, Care, Want

29

"Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television."

"Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television."

Michael Apted, British Director

Creativity, Idea, Television

29

"People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities."

"People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities."

Rob Reiner, American Director

29

"You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is."

"You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Creativity, Idea, Actor, Self

29

"My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem."

"My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem."

John Sayles, American Director

Argument, Democracy, Film, Wrong

29

"I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us."

"I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us."

David Zucker, American Director

Movies, Brothers, Old, Thinking

29

"We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons."

"We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons."

Wolfgang Petersen, German Director

29

"There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there."

"There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there."

Mike Figgis, English Director

Music, Beauty, Sadness

29

"I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, "Hi Dave!""

"I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, "Hi Dave!""

David Zucker, American Director

People, Famous, Today

29

"Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit."

"Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

29

"Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film."

"Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

29

"In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?"

"In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?"

Ken Burns, American Director

Identity, Americans, Film, Sense

29

"There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes."

"There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes."

John Badham, British Director

Attention, Kids

29

"It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are."

"It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are."

Spike Lee, American Director

29

"Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen."

"Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen."

Bryan Singer, American Director

Thought, Trying, Years

29

"The entertainment is in the presentation."

"The entertainment is in the presentation."

John McTiernan, American Director

29

"Clint Eastwood. Here's a guy who's been involved in so many movies, lots of them masterpieces, and now he's a director. I just like everything I know about him. He's very decisive, he makes up his mind real quick."

"Clint Eastwood. Here's a guy who's been involved in so many movies, lots of them masterpieces, and now he's a director. I just like everything I know about him. He's very decisive, he makes up his mind real quick."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Movies, Mind, Now, Quick

29

"In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously."

"In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Family, Brother, Idea, Justice, Order

29

"Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills."

"Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills."

John Milius, American Director

People, Painting, Skill, Want

29

"It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations."

"It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations."

Danny Boyle, English Director

Hope, Expectations

29

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Work, Actors, Example, Hurt

29

"I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?"

"I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?"

Ernst Lubitsch, German Director

29

"I want the score to have a really big voice."

"I want the score to have a really big voice."

Mike Figgis, English Director

29

"If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?"

"If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?"

Lee Strasberg, American Director

Dream, Greatness, Possibility

29

"People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good."

"People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

29

"There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown."

"There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown."

Michael Ritchie, American Director

Business, Development, Buying, Restaurants

29

"It's a miserable life in Hollywood. You're up at five or six o'clock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine."

"It's a miserable life in Hollywood. You're up at five or six o'clock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine."

William Wyler, American Director

Life, Hollywood

29

"Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night."

"Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night."

Jim Mitchell, American Director

Sports, Fans, May, Night

29

"There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake."

"There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake."

Bill Conti, American Director

Music, Composers, Sophistication

29

"Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug."

"Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug."

Bill Condon, American Director

People, Problems

29

"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."

"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Film, Charm, Dogs, Now

29

"In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience."

"In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience."

Randal Kleiser, American Director

Now, Order, Style, Today

29

"He wasn't, but producers are by definition annoying because they have a different agenda from you. They're trying to stop you spending money and you're trying to not spend money, but at the same time we're great artists."

"He wasn't, but producers are by definition annoying because they have a different agenda from you. They're trying to stop you spending money and you're trying to not spend money, but at the same time we're great artists."

Michael Apted, British Director

Money, Time, Artists, Trying

29

"Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy."

"Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy."

Jay Roach, American Director

Opportunity, Character, Comedy, Old

29

"I position everything else in my life around making movies."

"I position everything else in my life around making movies."

Richard King, American Director

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